Madagascar competed in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The country's participation at the Games marked its Winter Olympics debut, although it had competed in the Summer Olympics since 1964. The delegation consisted of a single alpine skier, Mathieu Razanakolona, who did not win any medals.
Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Bruno Saby is a rally driver from France.
François Pierre Philippe Bonlieu was a French alpine skier. Bonlieu debuted for the French alpine skiing national team when he was 15 years old. He was a four time French Champion. He was killed in a fight in 1973.
Jean-Luc Thérier was a French rally driver. He was the highest scoring driver in the inaugural World Rally Championship in 1973 and the only one to win three events. However, until 1977 the championship was only formally contested by manufacturers, not individuals, so only Thérier's Alpine-Renault team were formally awarded the title.
Henri Jean Auguste Oreiller was an alpine ski racer and Olympic gold medalist from France. He won two gold medals and a bronze at the 1948 Winter Olympics, becoming the most successful athlete those Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Andreas Mikkelsen is a Norwegian rally driver. He is currently competing in the World Rally Championship for Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT. He previously drove for the factory teams of Volkswagen and Citroën, finishing third in the drivers' standings in 2014, 2015 and 2016. His current co-driver is Torstein Eriksen.
The Citroën Total World Rally Team was the Citroën factory backed entry into the World Rally Championship (WRC), run by Citroën Racing.
Events from the year 1973 in France.
Martin Prokop is a Czech rally driver. He won the Junior World Rally Championship in the 2009 season.
Jean-Philippe Roy is a Canadian alpine skier.
Christophe Roux is an alpine skier representing Moldova. He competed for Moldova at the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best result was a 28th-place finish in the slalom.
Philippe Marie Eugène, Count d'Ursel was a Swiss-born Belgian alpine skier and a member of the Ursel family.
Philippe Verneret is a French former alpine skier who competed in the 1984 Winter Olympics and 1988 Winter Olympics.
Werner Grissmann is a retired Austrian alpine skier. He had his best achievements in the downhill event, winning a bronze medal at the 1978 World Championships and placing seventh at the 1980 Winter Olympics. He competed in the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in 1972–1981 with the best result of eighth place in 1975.
In international rallying, Group R-GT, is a formula of rally car defined by the FIA for GT cars introduced in 2011. Between 2014 and 2019 technical passports were issued for individual vehicles built by tuners. Since 2020 R-GT cars are required to be homologated by the manufacturer in common with other rally car formulae.
Patrick Roux is a French judoka. He competed in the men's extra-lightweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
The Rallye Paris – Saint-Raphaël Féminin was a car rally in France exclusively for female participants. It was held over a 45-year period beginning in 1929 with a hiatus during World War II. The race was typically scheduled for the end of February to the beginning of March for 4 or 5 days, with the drivers covering a total distance of between 1,100 and 2,500 km, depending on the year.
The 1999 Rally Catalunya was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 19 and 21 April 1999. It marked the 35th running of the Rally Catalunya, and was the fifth round of the 1999 World Rally Championship season. The 1999 event was based in the town of Lloret de Mar in Spain and was contested over nineteen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 396.01km.
The 1999 Tour de Corse was a motor racing event for rally cars that was held over three days between 7 and 9 May 1999. It marked the 43rd running of the Tour de Corse, and was the sixth round of the 1999 World Rally Championship season. The 1999 event was based in the city of Ajaccio in France and was contested over sixteen special stages, covering a total competitive distance of 353.05km.
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